‘Where’s Rey in the Star Wars Monopoly set?’ asks 8-year-old girl

An eight-year-old Star Wars fan and Monopoly player is not happy that Rey has been left out of the new Force Awakens themed game.

Annie Rose has written to Hasbro asking ‘Where’s Rey?’ after receiving the game and discovering that the main character does not feature as one of the playing pieces.

The little girl’s mother, author Carrie Goldman, posted her daughter’s letter online after Annie Rose was outraged that Daisy Ridley’s character had once again not been included in a Star Wars play set, as well as raising the question of gender equality.

The letter

Annie Wrote: ‘Dear Hasbro, How could you leave out Rey!? She belongs in Star Wars Monopoly and all the other Star Wars games! Without her, THERE IS NO FORCE AWAKENS! It awakens in her.And without her, the bad guys would have won! Besides, boys and girls need to see women can be as strong as men! Girls matter! Boy or girl, who cares? We are equal, all of us! Sincerely, Annie Rose (age 8).’

Male characters Finn, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader all feature as playing pieces – something that has caught the attention of Star Wars fans given that Darth Vader doesn’t even appear in the new film, while Rey is one of the film’s leads.

In the description on the Hasbro site, it says the game includes four character tokens, ‘two Rebel, two Empire’.

Star wars Monopoly

The eight-year-old is living in hope she has made a difference and that Rey will make an appearance.

I showed Annie Rose all the RT of her #WheresRey letter to @HasbroNews. "Well, did they add Rey to Monopoly yet? Did it work?"